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in this debate barack obama did the same thing that rick perry did in previous debates saying you're wrong about that and that's not what's in your record and he does not like that. there's a ceo quality to him. where he tells the president you'll get a chance to finish. i'm the ceo and you shut uch because life spent my life giving orders not having dialogues face to face. >> alex you will not be surprised to learn that rush limbaugh has an explanation for all of this, that george will's perception that president obama did very well in that debate last night. >> gave it all for the good guys. but she committed an act of journalistic terror or malpractice. what she did last night would have been the equivalent of blowing up her career like a suicide bomber. but there aren't any journalistic standards anymore. and is she going to be praised and celebrated? >> according to rush, candy crowley committed an act of journalistic terror and is a suicide bomber. >> he's so measured in his praise, isn't he? comparing candy crowley to a jihadist might be taking the subway one stop past sanity,
in this debate barack obama did the same thing that rick perry did in previous debates saying you're wrong about that and that's not what's in your record and he does not like that. there's a ceo quality to him. where he tells the president you'll get a chance to finish. i'm the ceo and you shut uch because life spent my life giving orders not having dialogues face to face. >> alex you will not be surprised to learn that rush limbaugh has an explanation for all of this, that george will's...
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this is much bigger than the mccain-obama debate. >> today mitt romney traveled from boston to colorado where the debate will be held as a major player in romney's fund raiser confirmed to fox business that a few new york donors have backed away from financial commitments to the romney campaign and instead said they will spend their money to help the republicans hold on to the house of represents and pick up seats in the senate. the debates will be very important, said one person with knowledge of the matter. if romney does well, that money could come back. >>> new jersey's governor, chris christie the current front runner for the presidential nomination 2016 has decided his job is to state the obvious. >> it's a huge night. we've had a bad couple of weeks and we want to turn this around and if you want to turn it around you've got to perform on the stage. they try to say the president is not that good a debater or mitt romney is a little scared of the president. those are the professional consultants and politicians who get paid to spin you guys. that's not what my job is. it's a big n
this is much bigger than the mccain-obama debate. >> today mitt romney traveled from boston to colorado where the debate will be held as a major player in romney's fund raiser confirmed to fox business that a few new york donors have backed away from financial commitments to the romney campaign and instead said they will spend their money to help the republicans hold on to the house of represents and pick up seats in the senate. the debates will be very important, said one person with...
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that switched after the debates. that kind of resolved on obama after the convention, knew that's where they were going to go. had second thoughts, but weren't going to romney and on the final days swung back to his side. >> alex, how much credit do you give to the obama ground here in sn if it did create a two point swing, that is something that can be copied elsewhere. >> i agree with you to a point. one, i give the obama ground game a huge amount of credit. i think sasha eyesenburg best describes that as the victory lap. which is beyond anything that modern political campaigns have seen. and to the degre that fortune 500 companies are asking about consumer data. in terms of replicating it, look, what we are learning about the internet voters outreach community among groups of the american public, it is complicated and ever changing. what we saw was a 2.0 of the dean campaign. i think we will see another version of it in 2016. but this is the line in the sand where you really have an adbc thing in terms of date why
that switched after the debates. that kind of resolved on obama after the convention, knew that's where they were going to go. had second thoughts, but weren't going to romney and on the final days swung back to his side. >> alex, how much credit do you give to the obama ground here in sn if it did create a two point swing, that is something that can be copied elsewhere. >> i agree with you to a point. one, i give the obama ground game a huge amount of credit. i think sasha...
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in the debate with obama. jonathan cape heart, newt gingrich thinks this is going to be easy or used to think this was going to be easy for president obama. one week from tonight we will have just watched the completion six minutes ago one week from tonight of the very first debate. how, each side is trying to spin it like the other guy is a great debater. what are you anticipating? >> i'm in that examp that says mitt romney is going to do a whole lot better than his campaign would suggest. that this is a guy who thrives in narrow environments. when he knows that the clock is ticking down and he's got two minutes, he's got the perfect answer, he'll sound reasonable, all those things that newt gingrich said in this piece that he wrote, giving unsolicited advice to mitt romney about what the optics will mean as opposed to to what he said. i think it's 85% visual and 5% substance. so mitt romney thrives in those environments. as we saw in the debates. mitt romney suddenly woke up become a fiery and aggressive deb
in the debate with obama. jonathan cape heart, newt gingrich thinks this is going to be easy or used to think this was going to be easy for president obama. one week from tonight we will have just watched the completion six minutes ago one week from tonight of the very first debate. how, each side is trying to spin it like the other guy is a great debater. what are you anticipating? >> i'm in that examp that says mitt romney is going to do a whole lot better than his campaign would...
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the debates are done. they don't seem to have anything in the bag. >> let's take a look at the new obama add. >> it is said that character is what we do when we think nobody is looking. mitt romney thought no one is looking when he attacked 47% of americans. it will make cuts to education. so remember what he said and what his plan will do. >> it is a strong add and the point is we, the voters have to keep track of what he says. because he won't. he is always changes his position. i think she is so yesterday i don't think they realize that the entire voting structure is changes. that goes to the question you posed. is there momentum? >> in ohio obama has a 30 point lead. in iowa, a 20 point lead. that is the lead from the ballots from the leading districts. but are they going to make up 25 points in iowa? >> and then they can give their announcements. >> the voting will begin here tomorrow. it is a california ballot. it is complex. >> i have flown in. a former governor of california to help me. >> it is to
the debates are done. they don't seem to have anything in the bag. >> let's take a look at the new obama add. >> it is said that character is what we do when we think nobody is looking. mitt romney thought no one is looking when he attacked 47% of americans. it will make cuts to education. so remember what he said and what his plan will do. >> it is a strong add and the point is we, the voters have to keep track of what he says. because he won't. he is always changes his...
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barack obama has been right. they are the facts. >> in the spotlight tonight the next debate. at this exact moment one week from now vice president joe biden and paul ryan will be hugging their families on a stage where they will have compeco completed their debate. >> what i have been doing mostly is studying up on congressman ryans positions on the issues. and governor romney has embraced everything i can see. i don't want to say anything in the debate that is not completely accurate. >> meanwhile, paul ryan is pretending that he is not memorizing lines. >> you know me well, i don't try to be anybody other than who i am. i believe what i believe and i do what i do and believe in the policies that we are providing, purs pursuing, at the end of the day i'm going to go in there and be me. y >> crystal, let's look at paul ryan going with his gutt with chris wallace. >> you haven't given me the math. >> it would take me too long to go through all of the math. >> it is too long. it is complicated. i don't want to talk about. i mean, joe biden is not going to have any fear of being
barack obama has been right. they are the facts. >> in the spotlight tonight the next debate. at this exact moment one week from now vice president joe biden and paul ryan will be hugging their families on a stage where they will have compeco completed their debate. >> what i have been doing mostly is studying up on congressman ryans positions on the issues. and governor romney has embraced everything i can see. i don't want to say anything in the debate that is not completely...
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. >> i was waiting for the obama campaign to put out a video something like this after the debate. i'm glad someone took the initiative to do it. i think the reason he's waited so long is frankly he's been terrified of his own base. it's shocking to see how long and how far he's played to the base and i think finally they saw that they were going to lose. their ideas and the strategies that mitt romney was saying were not going over well, and because of that he sort of got permission to move to the center. it will be interesting to see how long they're able to stay quiet and comfortable with the mitt romney who's not cutting taxes for the top 1%, with the mitt romney who now loves teachers. it's going to be interesting to see how long they can tolerate that. >> the right wing crazies can take a breath until november 2nd. >> the key from my stont point why they've let him do this, it is not backed up by any policy proposals. think of all the republicans that run to the middle. he made an effort in the policies he proposed. education -- >> his choice on how to compete with al gore wa
. >> i was waiting for the obama campaign to put out a video something like this after the debate. i'm glad someone took the initiative to do it. i think the reason he's waited so long is frankly he's been terrified of his own base. it's shocking to see how long and how far he's played to the base and i think finally they saw that they were going to lose. their ideas and the strategies that mitt romney was saying were not going over well, and because of that he sort of got permission to...
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and the obama campaign has worked on this for years now. they have been working on this get out the vote effort. >> there will be bad performance in a debate or bad poll numbers for one side of the other. how does a campaign counter some of these issues that may depress the turnout? >> one thing the obama campaign has that we don't talk about that much because we don't see it, is they have amazing ratings. if the obama campaign e-mail list was a television channel, it would have more viewers than all three cable network channels combined. they say it has gotten larger and the numbers show that. everyone thinks about michelle saying hey, lawrence can you give five more dollars, what we are going to see is direct messaging through those e-mails and keeping people moat rated. >> what is the campaign have to do in terms of bucking up not only their supporters but everybody when they start to see these national polls not going their way? >> the surrogates hit the air waves and they get out the counter mess saage and they hitu with the e-mails an
and the obama campaign has worked on this for years now. they have been working on this get out the vote effort. >> there will be bad performance in a debate or bad poll numbers for one side of the other. how does a campaign counter some of these issues that may depress the turnout? >> one thing the obama campaign has that we don't talk about that much because we don't see it, is they have amazing ratings. if the obama campaign e-mail list was a television channel, it would have...
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where would president obama be in the polls today? >> stewart, first of all, i talked not long ago to stewart st stephens. they want to make this an extended conversation. there are four debates. they may be hoping there are undecided voters now. so they care a whole lot about these debates. i think what they have to do is not worry so much about the likability factor. what she means by height and hest i don't know. the trees are the right size. but this is the one time where mitt romney can confront the president. he has to say to the president look, you have failed, you have failed as the economic commander and chief, here is why you have failed and here is why i would be better at the job. that is what the es sen of what he has to do and winning the likability game he will never do. he is going to be the dork from the beginning to end. i'm not that charming perhaps. i don't always say things the right way as i proved in that quote from behind closed doors but i know how to fix the economy. >> i have no doubt that president obama wi
where would president obama be in the polls today? >> stewart, first of all, i talked not long ago to stewart st stephens. they want to make this an extended conversation. there are four debates. they may be hoping there are undecided voters now. so they care a whole lot about these debates. i think what they have to do is not worry so much about the likability factor. what she means by height and hest i don't know. the trees are the right size. but this is the one time where mitt romney...
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we're the ones who are not raiding medicare to pay for obama care. president obama is actually damaging medicare for current seniors. it's irrefutable, and that's why i think this is the debate we want to have and that's the debate we're going to win. >> the first presidential campaign that could be decided entirely on future of medicare is now underway. mitt romney released this ad today. >> you paid into medicare for years. every paycheck. now when you need it, obama has cut $716 billion from medicare. why? to pay for obama care. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed health care is going to a massive new government program that's not for you. the romney/ryan plan protects medicare benefits for today's seniors and strengthens the plan for the next generation. >> i'm mitt romney and i approved this message. >> and so now the romney campaign is claiming to be the protector of medicare. but the romney campaign seems to realize that they have to protect medicare from medicare's worst enemy, romney's running mate, paul ryan. >> when obama gutted
we're the ones who are not raiding medicare to pay for obama care. president obama is actually damaging medicare for current seniors. it's irrefutable, and that's why i think this is the debate we want to have and that's the debate we're going to win. >> the first presidential campaign that could be decided entirely on future of medicare is now underway. mitt romney released this ad today. >> you paid into medicare for years. every paycheck. now when you need it, obama has cut $716...
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why they are hiding their tax returns. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twenty million dollars in two thousand ten but paid only fourteen percent in taxes... probably less than you now he has a plan that would give millionaires another tax break... and raises taxes on middle class families by up to two thousand dollars a year. mitt romney's middle class tax increase. he pays less. you pay more. >>> tell me what you want -- >> what i want is money in the pockets of hard-working people that are living below the poverty level. >> okay, so if they can't earn it, you want to give it to them, to a certain extent. >> my point is that people are earning it. the other challenge we face, is that for every job opening right now, there you are four applicants. so i believe that, one, we have to deal with the debt by raising taxes. we can't afford the bush-era tax cuts. >> but, wait, if you raise taxes, what if that makes the onomy worse. >> oh, it wo
why they are hiding their tax returns. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twenty million dollars in two thousand ten but paid only fourteen percent in taxes... probably less than you now he has a plan that would give millionaires another tax break... and raises taxes on middle class families by up to two thousand dollars a year. mitt romney's middle...
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if he tries that lie in a debate with president obama, mitt romney will get burned. that's in "the rewrite." >>> but first, my interview with senate ma jord leader, harry reid. what he thinks of rush limbaugh and what's at stake for the campaigns in senate this year. [ male announcer ] the draw of the past is a powerful thing. but we couldn't simply repeat history. we had to create it. introducing the 2013 lexus gs, with leading-edge safety technology, like available blind spot monitor... [ tires screech ] ...night view... and heads-up display. [ engine revving ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is concentrated, so you could use less gel. and with androgel 1.62%, you can save on your monthly prescription. [ male announcer ] dosing and application sites between these products differ. women and
if he tries that lie in a debate with president obama, mitt romney will get burned. that's in "the rewrite." >>> but first, my interview with senate ma jord leader, harry reid. what he thinks of rush limbaugh and what's at stake for the campaigns in senate this year. [ male announcer ] the draw of the past is a powerful thing. but we couldn't simply repeat history. we had to create it. introducing the 2013 lexus gs, with leading-edge safety technology, like available blind...
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if we're going to have a debate about who the extremist is is on these issues, it is president obama, who as a state senator voted to protect doctors who killed babies who survived the abortion. it is not the republican. >> joining me now are msnbc political analyst howard fineman, msnbc political analyst, john heilemann, of "new york" magazine, and nbc news special correspondent, tom brokaw. tom, going into the debate tonight, rick santorum was trying to protect a national lead in the polls, and most importantly, most immediately, possibly, his lead in michigan. did you see anything in the dynamics of this debate tonight that you think could effect where those polls are going? >> well, it was a 15-rounder, and they were all standing at the end. obviously, santorum now is going to be the target of opportunity who's going to the movement tonight with ron paul on one side of him and governor romney on the other side. i thought that governor romney had a pretty good night. i don't like to declare winners and losers here, but call balls and strikes. and santorum was spending a lot of time
if we're going to have a debate about who the extremist is is on these issues, it is president obama, who as a state senator voted to protect doctors who killed babies who survived the abortion. it is not the republican. >> joining me now are msnbc political analyst howard fineman, msnbc political analyst, john heilemann, of "new york" magazine, and nbc news special correspondent, tom brokaw. tom, going into the debate tonight, rick santorum was trying to protect a national lead...
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the debate between president obama and mitt romney is the debate between president obama and an empty suit who's willing to make up anything to get himself through that debate. rick santorum is the real thing. i want to see those two governing philosophies taken to a referendum in this country in november. so, that's my point. i think that is -- you would argue that, too. i think you would also argue that of course the conservative view will win. >> no doubt. the focus of that debate, when rick santorum goes against barack obama is that we don't need anymore government intervention in our lives. in fact, we need to pull back on what we have. first and foremost, obama care and that's what rick will do when he gets in to the white house. he will do everything he can to repeal obama care. but more than that, you mentioned the contraceptive, that is another infridgement the government has on religious liberties and rick will stand firm on religious liberties. he is a man of great faith. it is very important to him. it is very important to rick santorum. >> i think all of the polling data
the debate between president obama and mitt romney is the debate between president obama and an empty suit who's willing to make up anything to get himself through that debate. rick santorum is the real thing. i want to see those two governing philosophies taken to a referendum in this country in november. so, that's my point. i think that is -- you would argue that, too. i think you would also argue that of course the conservative view will win. >> no doubt. the focus of that debate,...
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. >>> president obama took a break from debate preparation today in nevada to visit the set of the racial maddow tv commercial. a new national nbc news poll tonight shows that 52% of registered voters view the president positively, 42% view him negatively. 41% view mitt romney positively, 44% view romney negatively. mitt romney's favorability rating is lower than every other presidential nominee's rating at this point in the election in the history of this poll, except for george h.w. bush's 34/52 rating. and he lost that election. tonight, ann romney seems sure that the country will soon realize how lucky we are that mitt romney is running for president. >> i know he's very well prepared. he's focused, he's very bright. i think the country will be blessed by having someone with his skill set, his experience and his -- just his goodness. to be able to run this country. this guy does care that he's out there. and he's a person with compassion. >> first lady michelle obama did not attempt to lower expectationings for her husband today. >> he doesn't need much advice. he's a very good debate
. >>> president obama took a break from debate preparation today in nevada to visit the set of the racial maddow tv commercial. a new national nbc news poll tonight shows that 52% of registered voters view the president positively, 42% view him negatively. 41% view mitt romney positively, 44% view romney negatively. mitt romney's favorability rating is lower than every other presidential nominee's rating at this point in the election in the history of this poll, except for george h.w....
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while president obama spent today in debate prep in virginia, michelle obama campaigned in ohio, where the latest poll of likely voters shows the president ahead by five points. >> this morning, let me tell you what i did. the i cast my ballot early for barack obama. it felt so good right now, my absentee ballot is on its way to my hometown, chicago, illinois, and that means we are one vote closer to re-electing my husband and moving this country forward for four more years. >> fox news chief rupert murdoch tweeted this on saturday. at moment, election looks like coming down to ohio, huge spending by both sides, but obama tv buying operation infinitely smarter. today's president obama's infinitely smarter operation released this television ad in four swing states. >> we've gone from pulling into our parking lot, whether i was so depressing it would be two or three cars in this parking lot to a parking lot being full. >> we have a whole second shift that we bought in new employees and we have a future at our plant now. >> when you look the athe president's plan, i don't think there coul
while president obama spent today in debate prep in virginia, michelle obama campaigned in ohio, where the latest poll of likely voters shows the president ahead by five points. >> this morning, let me tell you what i did. the i cast my ballot early for barack obama. it felt so good right now, my absentee ballot is on its way to my hometown, chicago, illinois, and that means we are one vote closer to re-electing my husband and moving this country forward for four more years. >> fox...
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i did not think that obama lost that debate. i thought it was a tie. i thought range of motionly presented himself well. but he had three positions on immigration that week alone. he had two positions on his tax cuts that week alone. this is a guy who will say anything he has to say to become president of the united states. he did a good job of saying these things, but the trouble is there's four weeks to go and you can't go on like this for four kweex. there's not a journalist from a responsible publication that i know of who has said that mitt romney's tax plan adds up, for example. they're totally out of touch with middle class americans and they don't appear to have any plans that aren't completely dependent on however, whatever they have to say to get votes. >> i completely on the so-called scoring of the presidential debate. i can't possibly see how you score a debate a victory by if someone who is just lying their way through it. sister quickly before we go. it was for me an odd question in the debate last night considering it a historic event t
i did not think that obama lost that debate. i thought it was a tie. i thought range of motionly presented himself well. but he had three positions on immigration that week alone. he had two positions on his tax cuts that week alone. this is a guy who will say anything he has to say to become president of the united states. he did a good job of saying these things, but the trouble is there's four weeks to go and you can't go on like this for four kweex. there's not a journalist from a...
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nothing but numbers for barack obama. last night's debate across the airwaves as you said from george will to rush limbaugh from george petacky to mark mckinnon, everybody agrees this was not a good debate for the republican party. the word jobs was mention the six times, the word birth control was mentioned eight times. i don't understand what the priorities are, but they seem to be like rabid dogs with a bone. they just can't let go of this. this is in a week when you have the leading presidential candidate talking about the crushing of the judean christian faith by the president and the satanic versus invoked frequently and repeatedly throughout the week. i don't know what the republican party is doing. >> chris hayes, in that battleground state purple poll, they ask the question, is the nominating process strengthsening the nominee or weakening the nominee? 23% think it's strengthening the nominee, and 53% got it absolutely right, saying that it is weakening the nominee. i don't know how the nominee can get much weake
nothing but numbers for barack obama. last night's debate across the airwaves as you said from george will to rush limbaugh from george petacky to mark mckinnon, everybody agrees this was not a good debate for the republican party. the word jobs was mention the six times, the word birth control was mentioned eight times. i don't understand what the priorities are, but they seem to be like rabid dogs with a bone. they just can't let go of this. this is in a week when you have the leading...